Over the years, various alchemists and arcanists have conducted experiments designed to create new species of elementals from the remains of deceased air, earth, fire, and water elementals. The end results of such experiments are alchementals, elemental beings more akin to the oozes of the Material Plane than the true elementals native to farther realms.

Unlike many oozes, alchementals possess a dim intelligence. Most are bright enough to understand that they are created from the remains of extraplanar elementals, and learn what they can about other planes of existence as a means of exploring this heritage. A popular belief among alchementals is the theory that their souls return to the elemental planes upon death, where they are transformed into true elementals.